Barton Deiters | The Grand Rapids PressJoan Cunningham in the hallway of Walker District Court on Wednesday.

WALKER – Joan Cunningham says she looked into the eyes of Jack Jacqmain after she saw him kill Mark Moore outside a Motel 6 on Aug. 6.

“He knew exactly what he was doing,” said 60-year-old Cunningham moments after Jacqmain was declared mentally incapable of standing trial at a hearing Wednesday in Walker District Court. “He is able to turn it on and off. You will never convince me that he didn't know exactly what he did.”

She said she had been staying at the motel at 777 Three Mile Road NW for about two weeks at the same time Jacqmain was there.

She said she could tell that he was someone to stay away from and, on the day of the fatal stabbing, Jacqmain had been tormenting other people at the motel before he came into contact with the 31-year-old Indianapolis man who was at the hotel on business.

A Michigan Department of Community Health evaluation of Jacqmain found that he suffers from numerous mental disorders that mean he could not reasonably assist in his own defense.

As a result, Jacqmain will be treated in either Kalamazoo or Ypsilanti for the next three months and then another report will be issued to Judge Peter Versluis in Walker District Court.

The process could be repeated in 90-day segments over a 15-month period, but Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Gerald Faber said the charges will not disappear.

Defense attorney Valerie Foster requested the exam in September and said today that she expects to see the case before a jury at some point. Jacqmain was not in court for today's brief hearing.

State Psychiatrist Candyce Shields wrote that while Jacqmain suffers from delusions of grandeur, and other psychiatric disorders -- that at times even interfered with her ability to evaluate him -- she thinks that with proper treatment and medication, he could be restored to competency.

Jacqmain has been treated in the past for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

This evaluation, however, does not address whether he was insane at the time he allegedly committed the act.

Moore's family, who lives in Tennessee and Indiana, were advised by Faber to not come to the hearing. Faber said they are involved with and informed about the case.

A tearful Cunningham was stunned by the decision, which she sees as Jacqmain manipulating the system.

“I needed a little justice,” said Cunningham when asked why she came to court. “Justice has not been served here.”